Comments on: Buffer vs. Timely vs. Hootsuite: Which Solution to Choose?

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:23:00 +0000

In reply to Amanda.

The re-sharing thing is strange. Do you know why that is and if there’s a way around it?

By: Amanda

Amanda — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:21:44 +0000

Timely is okay for some things. Limitations: articles posted on facebook through Timely cannot be “shared” with other people. It also selects the thumbnail picture pretty arbitrarily. You cannot choose this picture. So even if there is a lovely photo of a sunset beach accompanying the article, the facebook post will probably use the picture from the cologne ad in the margin.

By: doug hay

doug hay — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:04:37 +0000

Thanks for the insight. I’ve been using Hootsuite with success, good to see the other options as no service fits all client needs.

By: Michael Martinez

Michael Martinez — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:44:55 +0000

Thanks for the writeup. I have been using Timely but wanted to check out some competitive tools and didn’t know where to begin. I’m not thrilled with Tweetdeck at all.

Your article was … timely for me. 🙂

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 13:00:34 +0000

In reply to Gerri.

What I like from Timely is that it picks the best time for a post to go out; Buffer sets a schedule and sticks to that.

By: Gerri

Gerri — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 08:40:58 +0000

Hootsuite I love, Buffer is good for those things you find online that you think your followers might be interested in but don’t want to bombard them link after link at one go. Timely I havent tried but will do so right now to see if it will help maximise on my tweets.
Thanks for sharing!